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Webster 1913 Edition
Painted
Paint′ed
,Adj.
1.
Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a
Upon a
painted
shipUpon a
painted
ocean. Coleridge.
2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Marked with bright colors;
as, the
painted
turtle; painted
bunting.Painted beauty
(Zool.)
, a handsome American butterfly (
– Vanessa Huntera
), having a variety of bright colors, Painted cup
(Bot.)
, any plant of an American genus of herbs (
– Castilleia
) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea
has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. Painted finch
. See
– Nonpareil
. Painted lady
(Zool.)
, a bright-colored butterfly. See
– Thistle butterfly
. Painted turtle
(Zool.)
, a common American freshwater tortoise (
Chrysemys picta
), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.Webster 1828 Edition
Painted
PA'INTED
,pp.
1.
Represented in form by colors.2.
Described.Definition 2024
painted
painted
English
Verb
painted
- simple past tense and past participle of paint
Adjective
painted (not comparable)
- Coated with paint.
- 2014, Jeff Foster, The Green Screen Handbook: Real-World Production Techniques, ISBN 1317673581, page 63:
- Large-scale projects such as motion-picture production use huge sets with seamless painted walls, cycs, and floors—not to mention a vast array of lights.
-
- Depicted in paint.
- 2001, James D. Keyser & Michael Klassen, Plains Indian Rock Art, ISBN 029598094X, page 161:
- Sometimes the spatters extend a significant distance above other painted figures.
-
- Colorful, as if painted
- The painted desert, painted turtle
- Wearing makeup
- A painted lady
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also
- finger-painted
- painted by numbers
- painted oneself into a corner
- painted-out
- painted the town red
- painted with a broad brush
- spray painted